Ganga

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When the Court Convicted a Person for Polluting the Environment

Shibani Ghosh 03/01/2018

In a rare conviction, Haryana Paneer Bhandar, a sweets...

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Central Pollution Control Board Eases Norms for Sewage Treatment Plants

The Wire Staff 24/10/2017

Sewage treatment plants coming up after June 2019 –...

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Why the Court Ruling to Humanise the Ganga and Yamuna Rivers Rings Hollow

Radha Gopalan 27/03/2017

None of the people charged with securing the rights...

An illustration of the Ganges river dolphin from 1894. Credit: pd-old/Wikimedia Commons

How Irrigation and Fishing Pushed Dolphins in Nepal Into an Ecological Trap

Vrushal Pendharkar 30/12/2016

Nepal can ill-afford further decline in what is an...

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Polluting Gods: A Photo Story on the Environmental Impact of Idol Immersion

Shome Basu 18/10/2016

Shome Basu travelled through three cities to document the...

Photo Story: Living on the Edge of a Rising Sea

Anup Bhattacharya 24/09/2016

Ghoramara Island in the Ganga firth of West Bengal...

Relatives immerse a body in the river Ganga prior to cremation in Varanasi. Credit: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Is Participative Governance the Answer to Cleaning the Ganga?

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 22/09/2016

According to activist Himanshu Thakkar, merely transferring powers within...